Henry William Dalgliesh Cavill (born May 5, 1983 in Jersey, Channel Islands) is an English movie, voice, and television actor. He was born in Jersey to Marianne, housewife and bank secretary and Colin Cavill a stockbroker,Cavill is the fourth of five sons, his brothers are:Piers, Nik, Simon, and Charlie. He has appeared in the movies The Count of Monte Cristo, Stardust, and Immortals, and played the role of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, on the Showtime series The Tudors, from 2007 until 2010. He played Superman in Zach Snyder's 2013 movie Man of Steel.[1]

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Cavill was born on May 5, 1983 in Jersey, Channel Islands. He was the fourth child out of 5 boys from his family. On 4 May 2011, he got engaged with his girlfriend, English horse rider Ellen Whitaker.[2][3] On 18 August 2012 they separated.[4] Cavill is now in relationship with actress and former mixed martial artist Gina Carano.[5]